Urgent ID Request

[Sushmita Jha]

Yesterday I had placed an 'unreasonable request' for ID of a seed based on just an anecdote at Neora Valley, North Bengal. Today, I can attach two images. To me this looks like some sort of an acorn. 

May I please request for urgent help with the ID of this seed? The reason is personal:

I had given this seed from Neora Valley to my 5 year old grand daughter and tomorrow she wants to present that to her class as part of their weekly 'Do and Tell' story. She asked me the name of the tree/seed and wanted me to email her a picture of the tree. I am totally lost and therefore request experts on this forum for urgent help.

Thank you very much in anticipation of your timely help. 

Regards,

Sushmita Jha

[Vijayasankar]

I think it is a Quercus species (Oak), too.

 

Regards 

 

Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

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[Neil Soares]

Hi,  These are definitely acorns but the cups of 3 acorns appear to be fused together. As the Grey Oak [Quercus leucotrichophora] is found throughtout the Himalayas, it should be reasonably safe to inform your grand daughter that they are the acorns of a Grey Oak tree.                           With regards,                             Neil Soares.   --- On Wed, 5/22/13, Sushmita Jha <sushmi...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Prashant Awale]

At Dachigam  WLS near Srinagar (Kashmir), i had spotted Black Bears on Oak (Quercus sp) trees and i was told by the forest guide that these Black Bears are fond of   acorns.

Regards
Prashant

[Sushmita Jha]

Thank you all, for your very prompt and helpful response. Following the first cue from Nidhan Singh ji, I found that this fruit belongs to the Quercus geminata. Here is the link:

http://eol.org/data_objects/11395159

Thanks to all again - Vijayasankar, Neil Soares and Prashant Awale - the latter also confirming that this fruit is indeed eaten by bears also, in addition to being the rhesus macaque and langur's favourite.

Gratefully,

Sushmita Jha

[J.M. Garg]

Quercus geminata is found in USA as per link.

It may be acorn of Quercus oblongata D.Don as per comparative images at ‎Quercus

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[Gurcharan Singh]

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Distributed as  Quercus species- Neora Valley, North Bengal

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On Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 10:28:17 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote:

Quercus geminata is found in USA as per link.

It may be acorn of Quercus oblongata D.Don as per comparative images at ‎Quercus

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Yesterday I had placed an 'unreasonable request' for ID of a seed based on just an anecdote at Neora Valley, North Bengal. Today, I can attach two images. To me this looks like some sort of an acorn. 

May I please request for urgent help with the ID of this seed? The reason is personal:

I had given this seed from Neora Valley to my 5 year old grand daughter and tomorrow she wants to present that to her class as part of their weekly 'Do and Tell' story. She asked me the name of the tree/seed and wanted me to email her a picture of the tree. I am totally lost and therefore request experts on this forum for urgent help.

Thank you very much in anticipation of your timely help. 

Regards,

Sushmita Jha

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Forwarding for ID

Distributed as  Quercus species- Neora Valley, North Bengal

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